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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Karen Lee Shepherd, Hampshire, GB;
John H. Wilcox, Newport, RI (US);
Chun-man Leung, Sai Kung, HK;
Rovcal, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A hair styling apparatus has a heating member and a cloth covering at least a portion of the heating member to define a hair-facing surface onto which hair is placed in contact therewith for heating. The cloth is constructed at least in part of a monofilament of a fluorinated polyethylene. In another embodiment, the cloth is responsive to heating of the heating member to shrink relative to the heating member in at least one of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of the cloth. In yet another embodiment, the cloth is unbonded to the heating member and held in tension over the portion of the heating member that defines the hair-facing surface.